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1.nounThe process by which something is dried."This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry."
2.nounA prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
3.noun(with "the") The dry season.
4.nounAn area of waterless country.
5.noun(UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
6.verbTo lose moisture."The clothes dried on the line."
7.verbTo remove moisture from."Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief."
8.verbTo be thirsty.
9.verbTo exhaust; to cause to run dry.
10.verbFor an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.
11.adjectiveFree from or lacking moisture."This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?"
12.adjectiveUnable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk."This well is as dry as that cow."
13.adjectiveBuilt without or lacking mortar.
14.adjectiveAnhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids."Dry alcohol is 200 proof."
15.adjectiveAthirst, eager.
16.adjectiveFree from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages."Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now."
17.adjectiveDescribing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned."You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor."
18.adjectiveFree from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
19.adjective(somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
20.adjective(of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects.
21.adjectiveWithout a usual complement or consummation; impotent."never dry fire a bow; dry humping her girlfriend; making a dry run"
22.adjectiveOf a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.